Powell catches $10,000 prize

The Cayman Islands Cricket Association had its grand raffle and the lucky winner of the top prize of $10,000 cash could not have gone to a more appropriate winner – Jimmy Powell.

The West Bay businessman is Mr Cricket in Cayman. So much so that the magnificent cricket ground in his home district is named after him. Powell has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to the cricket programme over the decades he has served it so loyally as a player, president and all manner of titles, so it is fitting that one of the many $10 tickets he bought was drawn in front of a large crowd at the Smith Road Oval.

The raffle draw was emceed by cricket association president Courtney Myles and the rest of the executive committee was there. Sadly, Ivan Burges stood down after 30 years from the committee. Burges is still a fringe player with Greenies (when they’re desperate!) and is a past president. He feels it is time to hand over the reigns to a current player. Alistair Carter, another long-serving committee member in many executive roles, also stepped down.

The cricket association’s planned projects over the next three months include training courses for women cricketers and coaches, the beginning of the Challenge Trophy on 24 October, umpire training on 25 October, the annual general meeting on 28 October, ICC Americas Level 2 Coaches Course from 5-8 November, the annual awards night 27 November and Memorial Day on 28 November.